OSHA 510 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

OSHA stands for: Occupational Safety and Health Administration 2. OSHA's focus four injuries are:: 1. fall 2. caught-in 3. struck by 4. electrical 3. OSHA's mission is to _____ and _____.: save lives and prevent injuries 4. OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations is through _____.: worksite inspections 5. OSHA was formed because _____ were increasing.: injuries and illnesses 6. OSHA was signed into law by President _____ in December of _____.: Nixon; 1970 7. In the correct order, what is OSHA's inspection priority?: 1. imminent danger 2. fatality or hospitalization 3. worker complaints/referrals 4. targeted inspections 5. follow-up inspection 8. The four types of OSHA citations and dollar amounts of fines are:: 1. Willful up to $134,937 2. Serious up to $13,494 3. Other-than-serious up to $13,494 4. Repeated up to $134,937 9. PPE stands for: Person Protective Equipment 10. The effects of workplace injuries and illnesses include: a. lower morale b. increased costs to retain workers c. slower production rates d. higher turnover e. increased worker's compensation rates 11. OSHA standards are found in the: title 29 labor CFR 12. Part _____ contains record keeping standards: 1904 13. Part _____ contains general industry standards.: 1910 14. Part _____ contains construction industry standards.: 1926 15. A _____ standard applies to all industries.: horizontal 16. A _____ standard applies only to certain industries.: vertical 17. Direct costs are _____ quantified.: easily 2 / 7 OSHA 510 Exam 18. Direct costs are usually paid by submitting claims to ______ companies.: insurance 19. An example of a direct cost is: a. medical cost b. physical therapy c. repair costs for damaged equipment d. continuation of pay e. administrative 20. Indirect costs are _____ quantified.: not easily; difficult 21. Indirect costs are usually paid by the _____.: company 22. An example of indirect cost is: a. loss of efficiency by breakup of crew b. lost time by supervisor c. cost of breaking in new worker 23. What is determined by the company's own record of accidents and losses?: Experience Modification Rate 24. EMR equation: ACTUAL losses / EXPECTED losses 25. OSHA defines an excavation as any __ cut, cavity, trench, or depression in the earth's surface formed by earth removal: man-made 26. At trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is __ than it is wide: deeper 27. A trench cannot be wider than: 15 feet 28. Cave-in protection is required for all excavations greater than: 5 feet in depth unless they are entirely in sold stable rock 29. A ladder must be provided every: 25 feet for excavations greater than 4 feet in depth 30. Spoil piles, material and equipment must be kept: 2 feet from the excavation 31. Excavation inspections must be conducted: DAILY and before start of work 32. Excavation inspections must be conducted to determine: soil classification 33. For all trenches deeper than 5 feet, OSHA requires what to protecworkers from cave-in?: a. sloping b. shoring c. benching d. shielding 34. Stable rock: natural solid mineral material than can be excavated with vertical sides 35. Type A: cohesive soils with an unconfined compressive strength of __ tons per square foot: 1.5 tons